How much funding does NIGMS give out?

$3.54B across 7,093 extramural awards in fiscal year 2026, per NIH RePORTER.

Which institutions get the most NIGMS funding?

Stanford University leads with $71.3M, followed by University of Michigan at Ann Arbor ($59.2M) and Yale University ($55.9M).

Where are current NIGMS funding opportunities posted?

Open NIH funding opportunities, including NIGMS's, are posted in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts and on Grants.gov. This page shows where NIGMS money went, not open calls.

How big is a typical NIGMS R01?

The median NIGMS R01 award amount in fiscal year 2026 was $354K across 838 R01s (annual award amount, direct plus indirect costs).

NIH institute profile · fiscal year 2026

NIGMS funding: who the National Institute of General Medical Sciences funds (2026)

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) made 7,093 extramural awards worth $3.54B in fiscal year 2026. Stanford University received the most, $71.3M, and the median NIGMS R01 was $354K.

$3.54BNIGMS extramural awards

7,093awards

$400Kmedian award

586funded institutions

Top 25 NIGMS-funded institutions

Rank	Institution	State	NIGMS funding
1	Stanford University	CA	$71.3M
2	University of Michigan at Ann Arbor	MI	$59.2M
3	Yale University	CT	$55.9M
4	University of Pennsylvania	PA	$55.9M
5	Johns Hopkins University	MD	$55.1M
6	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	$52.3M
7	University of Chicago	IL	$45.6M
8	University of California, San Diego	CA	$45.2M
9	Cornell University	NY	$42.4M
10	University of California, San Francisco	CA	$41.4M
11	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill	NC	$40.9M
12	University of Delaware	DE	$39.4M
13	University of Washington	WA	$39.4M
14	University of California Berkeley	CA	$39.0M
15	University of Nebraska Medical Center	NE	$38.6M
16	Dartmouth College	NH	$35.7M
17	University of California at Davis	CA	$34.7M
18	University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center	OK	$33.7M
19	Vanderbilt University	TN	$33.5M
20	Brown University	RI	$33.0M
21	UT Southwestern Medical Center	TX	$32.9M
22	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	AR	$32.6M
23	University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences	PR	$31.7M
24	University of Louisville	KY	$31.0M
25	University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester	MA	$31.0M

What kind of awards NIGMS makes

Award type	Funding	Share
Research projects (R)	$2.30B	65%
Program projects and centers (P)	$834.1M	24%
Training grants (T)	$253.9M	7%
Cooperative agreements (U)	$58.2M	2%
Other	$49.6M	1%
Career development (K)	$29.3M	1%
Fellowships (F)	$9.8M	0%

Top states for NIGMS funding

State	Funding
California	$435.9M
New York	$296.9M
Massachusetts	$209.9M
Texas	$165.9M
Pennsylvania	$150.8M
Illinois	$124.5M
North Carolina	$87.9M
Michigan	$86.8M
Oklahoma	$84.2M
Maryland	$84.0M

Focus area: basic biomedical science and research training.

Questions

How much funding does NIGMS give out?: $3.54B across 7,093 extramural awards in fiscal year 2026, per NIH RePORTER.
Which institutions get the most NIGMS funding?: Stanford University leads with $71.3M, followed by University of Michigan at Ann Arbor ($59.2M) and Yale University ($55.9M).
Where are current NIGMS funding opportunities posted?: Open NIH funding opportunities, including NIGMS's, are posted in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts and on Grants.gov. This page shows where NIGMS money went, not open calls.
How big is a typical NIGMS R01?: The median NIGMS R01 award amount in fiscal year 2026 was $354K across 838 R01s (annual award amount, direct plus indirect costs).

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